3DSM curve editor slowing shit down

LEViATHAN

Whenever I'm editing my animations in 3dsm 7 using the curve editor, cpu usage spikes up which results in displaying jumpy animations. When I minimize the editor it'll display the anims smoothly again. Any way to fix this?

monster

Sorry, there's no way to fix it. This has bothered me for years.

As a workaround turn on the Selected and Animated Filters. Anytime you playback the animation deselect all your objects.

monster

This is annoying. I just did some tests.

Curve Editor Open and 50 bones selected = 1.5 FPS
Curve Editor Open and 1 bone selected = 20 FPS
Curve Editor Open no objects selected = 49 FPS
Curve Editor Closed and 50 bones selected = 57 FPS
Curve Editor Closed no objects selected = 65 FPS

Maya doesn't have this problem from what I remember. So lame.

LEViATHAN

Max is probably the best application ever.

Thanks anyway.

Mark Dygert

It's super annoying. I either close it, or render out a quick preview. I bound "Make Preview" to alt-p I use it so much. You can't really relay on the viewport for much sometimes...

Hey, Monster, your toolbar/scripts work in 2010 right?

monster

I use them in 2009 all the time. I haven't tried 2010, but I can't see why they wouldn't.